Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-22
DALLAS,
The Indian Murder Trial Continued.
X. Cargill, one of the Fort Worth
COunterteiters Convicted.
A South American Convicted for Selling
Beer Under Another Mans License,
Grand Jury True Bills.
UNITED STATES COURTS.


Special to the Gazette.
DALLAS, TEX, May 21.-The exami-
nation of Sim Ponell, the Indian charged
with killing Lewis Gibson and Billy
Linton in the Chickasaw Nation, has
been continued until the arrival of Mrs.
Patsy Johnson and Patsy Mann, an old
women and her granddaughter, who
were with the party, and, according to
their testimony before the military board
at Fort Sill at the time of the murder,
witnessed the killing. The parties,
whose names are here mentioned, were
going into camp for the night. Ponell
possessed himself of gun which the
girl had previously handed to him,
and she says that the two dead men were
in the wagon and Ponell on the ground.
He shot Gibson dead in the wagon and
Linton as he jumped and ran, running
around in circle, receiving three shots
as he was running. Before the same
board PonelI said he lived st Daniels
Mills, Rush Creek, Chickssaw Nation.
They all came from Graham, Tex; that
Gibson and Linton were killed by James
and John Bones and James Harbolt, who
rode up to the wagon and shot the men
in the same manner described
by the woman. They killed
the men on account of having
been witnesses in nog case. He said he
was getting wood in the rear of the wagon
with which to build q fire when the shoot
ing began and then he ran away. The
dead and Ponell and the woman are re-
lated to each other.
J. X. Cargill, one of the Forts counter
feiters, was convicted to-day of the
charge of making and passing counterfeit
money.
John Jones, who violated the revenue
laws by selling beer under another saloon
keepers license, WAS convicted to-day.
Jones is a South American ana the Dallas
saloon-keeper rented his license to Jones.
The United States grand Jury has re-
turned true bills against the following
persons: Francis DeChers, Thomas
SCOnio, Italians, charged with passing
counterfeit money; L. G.. JuDeman, two
indictments, one for stealing money from
registered letters and the other embez-
zling S52 80 from registered letters. The
following for illicit retail liquor dealing:
Henry Fitz, Charles Green, Doll Gloren,
Crist Glmes, James Tory, Lsrau White,
S. S. Eyarts, NJ. L. Boiling.
G. r. Pucket, a boy about fifteen years
of age, and very small IL size, coming
from Lebanon, KY, to Texas, got friend
ly with the agent of the mail car on the
train who allowed him the run of the Car.
The boy having some experience in post
Office work at home got possession of
registered letters and secured about $500.
He, however, was soon apprehended, and
his case came up for trial to-day. Two
prominent attorneys, Messrs. Cowart
and Kesrby, became interested IN
the boy, and being appointed by
the court to defend him, asked a continu-
ance until next Tuesday. They are going
to do their level best to clear the boy.
MIR. Wilson, Internal revenue collector
of Fort Worth. was among the visitors OF
the government department to-day.
Colonel Winters, Master in Chancery
for the Houston and Texas Central Rail
road, opened court here to-day. He has
been engaged with the case of w. B. /
Snyter against the road, who claims dam
ages IN the sum of SIS, 600, having fallen !
from the platform Of the depot at Sher- !
man and sustained a broken arm and /
other I'M uries.
MISCELLANEOUS
William Neimeyer, proprietor Of the /.
variety theater, was fined 500 this /
morning by Recorder Brown for selling !
beer contrary to law in the theater last
night. There have been 8 number Of
such arrests the past three months, and /.
on Monday last three cases were dis /
missed by the Recorder; one for 500 and .
two for fifty each. There is a difference /
in opinion among judges and lawyers con- /
corning the ordinance, and the present /.
case is to test the ordinance as much as
the violation.
Hon. Seth Shepherd has been solicited
to deliver an Grafton in English at the |
Mayfest here on the 30th inst.
Real estate transfers to-day aggregated |
S57,40O.
O. A. Gillian and W. C. Young each
brought suit against the Gulf, Colorado !
and Santa Fe Railroad Company to recov-
er damages at the time of construction Of
the road, the right of way, however,
having been secured by the Chicago,
Texas and Mexican Central Road, the
predecessor of the Gulf, Colorado and
Santa Fe. Judgment was rendered in
favor of the defendant.
Sheriff Lewis received telegram to-
day from H. P. Wade, Sheriff at Gaines
Vile, to hold B. +. Mills until his (the
Sheriff's) arrival tonight. Mills is here
under arrest for forging two or three
small checks at Gainesville recently.
Mills was at one time in the employ of
Harry Bros. of this city.
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